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Bishop Robert Barron speaks to EWTN’s Colm Flynn about evangelizing the culture today in October 2023. / Credit: Word on Fire CNA Staff, Jan 8, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA). Winona-Rochester Bishop Robert Barron is urging Catholics to oppose an effort to make assisted suicide legal in Minnesota — one of an increasing number of…
Confessional. / Credit: Pleuntje via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 8, 2024 / 15:30 pm (CNA). A priest of the Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri, was found guilty of sexual solicitation of an adult during confession and has been barred from holding any office in the Church and from celebrating Mass or…
The theme of the first “Life Fest,” sponsored by the Sisters of Life and the Knights of Columbus, was “Because love is the answer.” / Screenshot from live stream of Life Feset Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 8, 2024 / 12:48 pm (CNA). At the 51st annual March for Life on Jan. 19, attendees will be…
null / Credit: Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jan 8, 2024 / 13:15 pm (CNA). A former Alabama priest has officially been laicized after abandoning his assignment and marrying an 18-year-old, the Archdiocese of Mobile said in a statement announcing the Vatican’s decree. Alex Crow was originally suspended from ministry in July after he abandoned his assignment in the…
Farmers use their tractors and hold a rally blocking access to the Riebeckplatz on the first day of a week of protests on Jan. 8, 2024, in central Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. / Credit: Craig Stennett/Getty Images CNA Newsroom, Jan 8, 2024 / 13:45 pm (CNA). As farmers kicked off a week of protests Monday,…
Pope Francis greets Archbishop Charles Scicluna. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jan 8, 2024 / 12:13 pm (CNA). A Vatican official has said that he thinks the Catholic Church’s priestly celibacy requirement in the Latin rite should be revised. Archbishop Charles Scicluna, who serves as the archbishop of Malta and is an assistant secretary…
null / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Jan 8, 2024 / 11:30 am (CNA). A 1998 book by Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández featuring provocative, sexually-charged themes has resurfaced, likely adding further scrutiny to the already embattled prefect of the Vatican’s doctrine office. Titled “Mystical Passion: Spirituality and Sensuality,” the 26-year-old work includes graphic descriptions of…
Pope Francis delivers a speech to all of the world’s ambassadors to the Vatican on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Jan 8, 2024 / 08:55 am (CNA). Pope Francis called surrogacy “deplorable” and called for a global ban on the exploitative practice of “so-called surrogate motherhood” in a speech to…
Kristi Judkins is executive director of Iowa Right to Life. / Credit: EWTN News Nightly CNA Staff, Jan 8, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). With the Iowa Republican presidential caucuses fast approaching, the director of the advocacy organization Iowa Right to Life (IRTL) is urging candidates and voters alike to consider information on fetal development…
Pope Francis prays the Angelus on Jan. 7, 2024, and offers pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square a reflection on baptism. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Jan 7, 2024 / 10:04 am (CNA). Pope Francis said Sunday that if you do not know the date of your baptism, you need to look it up so…
